Calligraphy for the Beginner
by Tom Gourdie
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Author: Tom GourdieEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-08
ISBN: 0800811887
Number of pages: 60
Reading Level: Young Adult
Publisher: Taplinger Publishing Company
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Book Review: Calligraphy --- This One's a Winner!
Summary: 5 Stars
Tom Gourdie's Calligraphy for the Beginner will make you a Calligraphic Winner! You heard it here. I bought this book with hopes of learning how to create some simple calligraphic techniques to write love letters to my girlfriend. After a couple weeks of practicing I felt I was a master. Gourdie lists easy excercises that you can do to teach yourself the basics, then he gives you more ways to improve. If you already know quite a bit about calligraphy, you might want to skip ahead and get a more advanced book, but if you've never tried it before and are interested in learning and making yourself a calligraphy wiz, then this book is for you. I was having so much fun writing the letters that I didn't even care when my girlfriend broke up with me! Seriously, I'm still using the book to perfect my technique and wouldn't trade it for anything!
Summary of Calligraphy for the Beginner
Providing an introduction to calligraphy, Tom Gourdie, himself a past master of the art, supplies many different alphabets and shows how each may be applied by drawing, painting, carving, or writing with a broad lettering pen. He also gives advice on materials that are most suitable. This is one of the classic books in the field.
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